Wired Servo

[Exitlights]

aah now we see why mine is simpler. It already only does 1 axis and uses an axis joint. And you can set it with any componants output i think at least it works find with adv input and beacon sensors.[/b]

Yeah, I opted for greater mobility while sacrificing the ability to update really quickly, just because the prospect of making completely swiveling servos was too great to pass up. But, at this point, I couldn't do much with that anyway due to the slowness/impossibility(?) of changing more than one angle at once. I'll try out some code for changing the axis of rotation every time the input switches... maybe an input that accepts a 0, 1, or 2 and from that rotates along either the yaw, pitch, or roll axis. I'll work on it today and probably have an updated and more stable version tonight.

[DarthPJB]

This works perfectly, at first i had problems due to the fact that the ammbox used as a servo has a mass of only 5 (why i have no idea) and so couldn't support any constrait with an object with a higher mass (pretty much anything), but after pulling out the mass (aka weight) tool and setting it to about 300, it worked like a dream.

[Multey]

What is it? And pics mabey

[Critical_Impact]

I am trying to use this as a rotation tool for a cannon, but whenever i go past 96 with the yaw it starts to spaz out and I have to take it back to 0 for it to work. Anyone know why?

[tomb332]

Want me to upload mine? It works fine on all angles although it only supports 1 plane of rotation. Beware does spaz if created vertically or if excessive weight is placed on it.

[Critical_Impact]

Yeah tomb332, that would be awesome, I had a go at modifying ExitLights script but didn't get far.

[tomb332]

[attachment=577:servo.zip]
Warning still very much BETA version and yes there isnt a tool setting panel for it.
INPUTS: Angle Speed.
Angle is what angle you want it to move to.
Speed means if speed is nonzero then the servo will move by that many degrees a tick insted of instantly to the chosen angle. (PS the servo ticks 20x a sec so a speed of 1 is 20 degrees a second.)

[Exitlights]

I didn't get around to making the fix that I meant to (I got a new laptop yesterday and had to play with it for many hours), but I'll make it as soon as I get a chance.

[attachment=577:servo.zip]
Warning still very much BETA version and yes there isnt a tool setting panel for it.
INPUTS: Angle Speed.
Angle is what angle you want it to move to.
Speed means if speed is nonzero then the servo will move by that many degrees a tick insted of instantly to the chosen angle. (PS the servo ticks 20x a sec so a speed of 1 is 20 degrees a second.)[/b]

You know, the way you held the servo to updating only at a certain rate, I could do the exact same thing with mine... making it so that it won't update if it doesn't need to, but if it IS constantly changing, make it so it checks a timer before rotating itself. This is more a note for myself, because I'm not at my home computer right now.

[Exitlights]

[attachment=581:wireServo1.6.zip]OK, here's my next copy of it... It turns out that my servo wasn't experiencing gimbal lock, but rather was trying to rotate around the wrong axis, causing it to freak out (somehow). That problem is solved now, and you can make it rotate along as many angles to whatever degree you want. That was just a dumb mistake on my part that caused me to do a lot of searching for a method that wouldn't freak out... simple fix.

Also, I added a speed limiter so that the advanced input wouldn't dominate the processor and physics, but I don't like how this cripples the ability of the advanced input (and probably other things). So, I left the limiter code in there, except disabled, until I can figure out how to use ConVars and make a checkbox for it. Any help here would rock!

For some reason, I can't get wires to show up between my connections... help here would equally rock.

One final note--it's true that the mass of the ammobox isn't ideal, but the perfect weight really depends on what's being attached to the servo. I'm going to leave it as-is, but just be aware that if it's not working the way you want it to, it's probably the mass that needs a little adjusting.

Happy contrapting!

[Infinint]

Having this thing track targets was very nice, untill it spazzed out =/ It wasn't untill I added a few objects to it and another servo, I think the second servo is what set it off.

Other than looking into that, I think it may be a good idea to have a speed input, so that it doesn't instantly go to the input angle.